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Don't submit your first manuscript without reading this book. --Mary Hoffman
I've always generally mistrusted self-help books, especially those offering advice to would-be writers, a gullible lot at best, who should probably be saving their money. Nicola Morgan's book is one of a very few exceptions. It offers excellent, practical, informed and unpatronizing advice to the published and the unpublished alike; exposes common fallacies; pokes fun at sacred cows; deflates pretensions; offers encouragement where deserved; admits to occasional 'crabbitness', but tells things as they really are in a world where success is increasingly hard to achieve. This is the tutor I wish I'd had when I was starting out: brisk, funny, just a little bit schoolmistressy, but an eminently sensible schoolmistress who knows her subject, doesn't suffer fools and is not afraid to hand out detentions where necessary. In short, Nicola Morgan is made of crabbit - but she is also made of awesome. --Joanne Harris
I've followed Nicola's blog since its beginning and because that's full of good sense and what's more, sense conveyed in a funny and likeable way, I for one can't wait to read the book. --Adele Geras
I've always generally mistrusted self-help books, especially those offering advice to would-be writers, a gullible lot at best, who should probably be saving their money. Nicola Morgan's book is one of a very few exceptions. It offers excellent, practical, informed and unpatronizing advice to the published and the unpublished alike; exposes common fallacies; pokes fun at sacred cows; deflates pretensions; offers encouragement where deserved; admits to occasional 'crabbitness', but tells things as they really are in a world where success is increasingly hard to achieve. This is the tutor I wish I'd had when I was starting out: brisk, funny, just a little bit schoolmistressy, but an eminently sensible schoolmistress who knows her subject, doesn't suffer fools and is not afraid to hand out detentions where necessary. In short, Nicola Morgan is made of crabbit - but she is also made of awesome. --Joanne Harris
I've followed Nicola's blog since its beginning and because that's full of good sense and what's more, sense conveyed in a funny and likeable way, I for one can't wait to read the book. --Adele Geras
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You want to make a publisher say yes? First, understand why they say no; then apply that knowledge to your book. Nicola Morgan - the Crabbit Old Bat of the renowned blog, Help! I Need a Publisher! - has made publishers say yes around ninety times. Now she reveals the workings of publishers' minds and whips your work into shape with humour, honesty, grumpiness and chocolate.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Write To Be Published is a very clever book. It gives you a huge amount of information, both on writing and submitting manuscripts. It covers all the tricky topics you've ever wondered about, as well as offering lots of practical advice on when, how and who to submit to. But what makes this book different (and the thing which will make you fall in love with it) is the wonderful style in which it is written. Rather than the didactic tone of most books on writing, if you read Write To Be Published, it will feel as though you've sat down and had a really good chat with someone who knows just how you feel. Writing is such a lonely business and if you've ever stared down at your keyboard and wondered if you're on the right track, buy this book and start reading. You'll never feel on your own again.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a no-nonsense, down to earth guide to writing a good book and getting agents and publishers interested in it. If you follow all the advice in this book about editing and refining your book, and then follow all the advice about how to submit it, you will definitely increase your chances of being published. Essential reading for any writer who is serious about writing to be published.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
An absolutely essential bit of kit for any beginning writer. Nicola's advice is straight to the point, honest and practical. Everything is backed up by her experience in having over 90 books published and is bang up to date.
The book is written with a brilliantly dry wit and I can't recommend it highly enough.
The book is written with a brilliantly dry wit and I can't recommend it highly enough.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
An inspiring read
'Write to be Published' is one of the most sensible and believable guides I've read. The advice is easy to follow, the content appropriate and well laid out, and the amount of... Read more
Published 3 months ago by D Palmer
A Bible for writers
I bought this book on my Kindle, but have now bought it as a proper book to keep by me at all times, to be pored over, annotated, highlighted and post-it-ed extensively. Read more
Published 6 months ago by V. Grand
Excellent Pithy Guide
This book seems to distill into a small space much useful advice.
It's direct and clearly makes the point that if the writer doesn't consider the reader (and also the... Read more
It's direct and clearly makes the point that if the writer doesn't consider the reader (and also the... Read more
Published 9 months ago by D Furnell
Essential for anyone who is serious about getting published
I was looking forward to giving this a poor review for two reasons. First, I have a how to write blog myself and had toyed with the idea of transforming it into a book so this... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Sarah Duncan
Essential Reading for aspiring authors
I'm a follower of the Crabbit One's blog, so I was expecting this to be good, and I wasn't disappointed. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Mrs. M. Kirk
Crabbit old bat perhaps, also wise owl
A wonderful insight into why a publisher says 'no' from someone who understands from painful personal experience but has also enjoyed the excitement of being an established and... Read more
Published 11 months ago by G. Whalley
This book should be an essential part of any writer's toolkit
If you are new to writing, and you want to get published, this book will save you years of precious time. Read more
Published 11 months ago by M Louise Kelly
Buy to Understand Nearly Everything
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It has the most ambitious scope of any writing guide I've read but gives invaluable advice on every topic it covers, and all in little more than... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Jules
An absolute must-read for any aspiring author
I think that every aspiring writer should read this book. Nicola knows exactly what she's talking about. She's not only experienced in writing fiction, but also non-fiction. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Mrs. Cm Kirkpatrick
Highly recommended
Having been down the aspiring - no, cross that out - frustrated writers' route, I found so much in this book to inspire me. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Mrs. Sarah Crabtree
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